I had been playing the Ultima series of games by Richard Garriott since I was in high school, and I was a die-hard fan. Every game he published, I played all the way through, from Ultima I on the Apple ][ to Ultima V on the IBM PC. Ultima VI came out right as I graduated from college, and I noticed that the contact information for Origin...
Rewriting is a form of inference, and one that interacts in several ways
with other forms of inference such as decision procedures and proof search. We
discuss a range of issues at the intersection of rewriting and inference. How can
other inference procedures be combined with rewriting? Can rewriting be used to
describe...
Want a new job or career? Need to demonstrate more value to customers or employers? Use today’s hottest social media platforms to build the powerful personal brand that gets you what you want! In this completely updated book, Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy help you use social media to attract new business and job...
Effective search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) is now crucial to the success of your business. But it's never been more challenging—especially if you're responsible for a large, complex site. Finally, there's a definitive source for reliable information for implementing an effective search engine optimization and...
Computers were invented to ‘‘compute’’: to solve ‘‘complex mathematical problems,’’ as the dictionary still defines that word. They still do that, but that is not why we are living in an ‘‘Information Age.’’ That reflects other things that computers do: store and retrieve data,...
Linguistic (language-based) searching has long been a staple of web search engines such as Google and high-end document management systems. Many developers have created custom utilities and third-party applications that implement complex search functionality similar to that provided by the most popular search engines. What many people don’t...
An Indian research submarine was exploring the ocean-bed off the coast ofParson's Pygmalion Point, the southern -most tip ofI ndia. Its young Captain, Uttarna, and his crew gazed ent ranced at the strange world under water , strangely lit here and there with many-shaped coral reefs , amidst which innumerable varieties ofcolo urful fish and...
With Hands-On Recommendation Systems with Python, learn the tools and techniques required in building various kinds of powerful recommendation systems (collaborative, knowledge and content based) and deploying them to the web
The second of a two-book series about business intelligence and reporting technology, Integrating and Extending BIRT introduces programmers to BIRT architecture and the reporting framework. Built on the Eclipse platform, this exciting technology makes it possible for programmers to build and deploy customized reports...
F# Deep Dives presents a collection of real-world F# techniques, each written by expert practitioners. Each chapter presents a new use case where you'll read how the author used F# to solve a complex problem more effectively than would have been possible using a traditional approach. You'll...
